Vehicle signaling device.



R. F. DURYEA.

VEHICLE SGNALING DEVICE. APPLICATION man nec. 29. 1915.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

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ROBERT F.- IDURYEA, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

VEHICLE SIGNALING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12. 191.6..

Application flied December 29, 19,15. Serial No. 69,196.

BcI it linmvn that l. llonizn'r l". Delerm. a citizen ot' the l'nitedStates. residing in the citi' and count)l of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia. have invented new and. useful Improvement in VehicleSignaling Device-l of 1which the following is a speci iiuution.

ThinA invention relates to improvements in devices to he used inconnection with vehiclen and especially those which are in advance. toSignal following persons or hirles` that eaid advanced vehicle is aboutto turn to either one aide or the other. or to stop. hack. or topez-torni other .aumenten The inventionv consiste of e. stationary outerand a concentric. tui-noble inner cyl-- inder haring marked upon itarrows or indicationsl of the direction of turn about to he made or thestopping of the car. means for turning the cylinder to expose either ofthe indicating devices. and lights h v which said devices'are plainl)-shown.

It also comprises means for iiluniinating; theregister number and a hellor audible Signal which may he operated in conjunc tion with the visibleindicators.

Having reference to the accompanying d1'a\vingf-. Figure l an exteriorvie-a'. showing the outer cylinder and one of the- Figr. Q alongitudinal section of the two clvlindere. l@heaving the interiormechanism. Fig. E is a section through line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. l is asection through line l-l of Fig. l. Fig. is n vien" of the indicating,1rmarks.

.ls shown in the drawings. A is a casing. preferably cylindrical inShape and attached to the rear portion of an automobile or other vehiclehv lai-achete. as at Q.

Sie a cylinder concentric 4within the c \'l inder A and pivoted. as at4. so as to be turnahle within the outer cylinder. This cylinder issuliicientl;v shorter than the cylinder A'. to admit of operatingmechanism between the ends of the two cylinders. The heads' of the innercylinder have circumferential. segmental Alots around the upper part.and through these elots extends a tube tl which may contain the variouselectrical connecting wires necessari` for the operation.) From thistube and within the inner cylinder may be supported lamps 7, which, whenin use. are electrically enerzed. At one end ofthe apparatus is xed ahell F4 and a hammer 9 i\ so pivoted to tue head ot' th@ outer c vlinderthat it ma): he actuated to produce an audible signal. The actuating.rineans'niav he a .-'olenoifl. electro uiag'net or other electricallyactuated dcvice. as at 10.

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The indicating.Y devices are here shown in =the case which allows thelight,V to Shine upon the register number, which will be fixed tobrackets upon the machine below the indicating apparatus.

In order to operate the interior cylinder and present either of thea'rrou'c 11 or 12. I have sl'iown solenoids 15 and 16 fixed to theinnerv end of the head 1T of the outer cylinder. which maihe made ofWood saturated with parnliin or otherwise rendered an .electricalnon-conductor. 13 and 16 are curved to tivo arcs having the saineradiusas the cylinder and have cores thatare connected together and tothe pivot l. as shown at- 1S.

Suitable conducting wires pass through the tube 6 and are led to themagnet, the opposite ends being connected with any suitable actuatingdevice Within reach of the operator. so that onlir b3" energizing one ofsaid electroinag'nets the inner tube will he turned in one diiectiornorbyenergizing the other it may; h turned in the opposite direction., orit ma)r be left standing'with the intermediatesignal in position. Whenthe inner cylinder has thus been turnedlono of the indicators will beexhibited thron h the glass 14. so that anyone following t e vehiclewill be at once instructed as to the intention of its driver. The lengthof the cylinder should be approximatelythat of the number register, sothat the light: Blot;- through the bottom will plainly expose the numberof the preceding car.

A constant tail light -and danger sig-nal 1:9 is tixed at one end oftheipparatus and is always visible-through an opening 2o in the outereasing'.

The solenoids Having thus described my invention, what I claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is- In a vehicle signaling device, ac .'lndrical casing having' closedY ends and sight openings in itsperiphery, an inner cylinder having its ends closed and spaced from theends of the casing to form end compartments, longitudinally arrangedshafts fixed to the casing ends and rotatably 4supporting the innercylinder, cylinder-rotating mens arranged in one end compastment,between one end of the casing and the adjacent end of -the cylinder,Jche ends of the cylinder being formed with arcuate slots arranged inproximity to the periphery of the cylinder, a source of light arrangedin the other end compartment, between the 0pposite ends of the casingandv cylinder and visible through one of the lsight openings,

serre as a .steadying means for the latter,

.said tubular. member also haring both Sources' of light connectedthereto and constituting the sole support for the sources of lightaforesaid. l

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscrib ing witnesses.

ROBERT F. DURYEA..

Witnesses:

JOHN H. HERRING, W. W. HEALEY.

